Associate Marketing Manager - Royal Canin (Canada)

Equest; Guelph; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading marketing firm in Guelph, Ontario is seeking an experienced Associate Marketing Manager. This role entails ownership of the marketing budget and strategy execution for the EUKANUBA brand. The ideal candidate must hold a Bachelor's degree in Business or Marketing and possess strong project management and coordination skills. This position offers a competitive salary and hybrid work options.

Benefits

Industry competitive salary

Benefits package

Company bonus

Best-in-class learning support

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in Brand support or Marketing Operations.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of Marketing budget, responsible for planning and tracking spend.
• Lead on planning and content creation for EUKANUBA.
• Data analytics for key projects, monthly reporting.
• Executional responsibilities including sample orders and price list updates.

Skills

Cross-functional coordination

Project management

Proficiency in Excel

Detail-oriented

Excellent communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing or related field

Job description

Job Description

The Associate Marketing Manager plays a critical role in delivering executional excellence and operational efficiency within the Marketing organization. This role leads core renovation workstreams, leads strategy and execution on the EUKANUBA brand, and enables smarter ways of working through systems integration, budget management, data analytics for key projects and monthly reporting.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor's Degree in Business, Marketing or related field.
• 2+ years of experience in Brand support or Marketing Operations.
• Strong cross-functional coordination and project management skills.
• Proficiency in Excel; ability to learn new programs and systems.
• Detail-oriented with excellent organizational and communication skills.

What will be your key responsibilities?

• Ownership of Marketing budget, responsible for planning and tracking planned and actual spend, creating and invoicing POs, acquiring commercial approval, vendor set up, and balancing cost collectors.
• Lead on planning and content creation for EUKANUBA.
• Asset creation, design and execution on national-led consumer marketing activations.
• Lead core renovation projects.
• Data analytics for key projects, monthly reporting.
• Innovation support for new items and tracking execution and results.
• Retail / Sales tool development support.
• Executional responsibilities such as sample orders, price list updates, Retail Sales communications, and premia management including design, ordering and inventory management.
• Other duties as assigned.

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by the Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

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